H O W D I D T H E U N I V E R S E B E G I N ?

- First there was Ometecuhtli/Omecihuatl this God was both good and evil and male and female, sometimes seen as twins, husband and wife, or as half of a man and half of a woman together.

- The God/Gods lives in the highest of the 13 layers of heaven and had 4 children, the 4 directions (North, South, East, and West)

- Their names were Huizilopochtli (south), Quetzalcoatl (east), Tezcatlipoca (west), and Xipe Totec (north)

- These 4 gods started to create things

- They all created an enormous alligator named Cipactli

- Everything else they created after that, was eaten by the monster

- The 4 gods attacked the beast and pulled her apart, creating the universe

- Her head became the 13 heavens, her back become the Earth, and her tail the 9 underworlds.

Creation Story:

Before the five Suns,